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Manegarm  4 stars
Title: European Imperialist Good Guy
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Registered: 2003-8-11 10:01:52
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Steve Jobs Biography
Sin_of_Onin posted:
Manegarm posted:
NuEM posted:
I don't care about it.



I'd rather read something about someone who did something worthwhile for humanity..



That would depend on how interesting their life was. Someone can have a very boring life and then do something great. That doesn't mean their biography is a good read.

Also the claim that he didn't contribute something worthwhile is a major thing that makes the book interesting.

He is also psychotic and is one of those people that was kind of a mad genius.



Sorry he's just not relevant in the greater span of things, I read biographic books that will supply me with knowledge that has historical relevancy.. The rise of a hipster hack is not my idea of relevant.

I just finished a book on Bismark which was very enlightening when it comes to why Europe evolved the way it did during the 1900's, it's not a popular historical piece more a historical essay.

If I want to be entertained I'll read fantasy

 

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Sin_of_Onin  4 stars
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Registered: 2005-6-29 08:21:12
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Steve Jobs Biography
His character and story is more fascinating than any fantasy story. It is also real.


He also interacts with other interesting and impactful people. You don't only learn about Jobs but the people that he worked with. Wozniak for example, his role with Pixar (although the Pixar documentary was better), the Mac team, and more.

 

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Rosaria  2 stars
Title: They call me Mellow Yellow, quite rightly.
Posts: 477
Registered: 2003-8-22 10:07:30
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Steve Jobs Biography
Manegarm posted:
I just finished a book on Bismark which was very enlightening when it comes to why Europe evolved the way it did during the 1900's, it's not a popular historical piece more a historical essay.


If I want to be entertained I'll read fantasy

Depending on who published your book, you may have already been reading fantasy.

 

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Manegarm  4 stars
Title: European Imperialist Good Guy
Posts: 1,964
Registered: 2003-8-11 10:01:52
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Steve Jobs Biography
Rosaria posted:
Manegarm posted:
I just finished a book on Bismark which was very enlightening when it comes to why Europe evolved the way it did during the 1900's, it's not a popular historical piece more a historical essay.

If I want to be entertained I'll read fantasy

Depending on who published your book, you may have already been reading fantasy.



Find out for yourself, was a really good read... Also gives you an insight into how imperial Germany worked and how it evolved. More or less by the will of a single man, he also instituted the first social reforms that lead to pensions and such. I think the common historical take on Bismark is way to slanted because of what happened later in Germany.. He was nationalistic and extremely conservative but he wasn't a Nazi.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bismarck-Profiles-Power-Katharine-Lerman/dp/0582037409

given out by Pearson and Longman I do believe they cater to universities mostly.

 

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B_Shinkicker  3 stars
Posts: 519
Registered: 2002-2-24 01:12:47
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Steve Jobs Biography
I will probably never read his biography, but watching his mid 1990's interviews on YouTube are really interesting, and the advice he gives to entrepreneurs is excellent. He followed his own advice and turned Apple around.

 

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